Cited in thousands of scientific publications, MatTek dishes are a long-standing favorite of lab teams worldwide for their availability, ease-of-use, and the brilliant images they produce.These Glass Bottom Dishes from MatTek Life Sciences combine the convenience of plastic petri dishes with the optical quality of glass, providing superior microscopic images. For most applications, No. 1.5 is the preferred coverslip thickness, especially for optimizing image quality with high numerical aperture objectives. All MatTek dishes are sterilized with gamma-irradiation and suitable for long term tissue culture. Compare to Cellvis , Ibidi , and Chemglass productsMatTek offers glass removal fluid, which allows for easy removal of the coverslip from the bottom of the dish. (CAT#: P DCF OS 30 )Recommended For: - Live cell imaging - Fluorescence microscopy- Confocal microscopy- Phase contrast microscopy- Differential interference contrast microscopy